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Traditionally, consumers have either saved up for Christmas and holiday gift spending or added balances to their credit cards. That…
In 2010, U.S. firms hired an estimated 627,000 temporary workers to help meet demand for customer service, package handling and…
According to today’s report from the U.S. Census Bureau, retail and food services sales in August rose 0.9% month-over-month and…
courtesy NintendoAfter more than a year since the product’s introduction, the Nintendo Wii U game controller finally has pricing, shipping…
Digital media research firm comScore Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) has released its ranking of the top 50 U.S. web properties for…
A JP Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) analyst speculated that sales of the new Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 5 could…
Consumers boosted their spending in July by a seasonally adjusted 0.4%, according to the latest Commerce Department data. That was…
Several retailers are announcing August same-store sales today, and the reports are generally good. The good results are pushing share…
Troubled retailer Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD), which was formed by a 2005 merger of Sears and Kmart, was thrown out of the…
We wrote this morning about the ongoing M&A chatter about SUPERVALU Inc. (NYSE: SVU). The store is seeking a buyer…
Wikimedia CommonsBloomberg TV has been running a special this morning about the poor turnaround that Ron Johnson has engineered at…
The three major US stock indexes opened somewhat lower this morning following an announcement from the Bank of England that…
Updated throughout the day on the 24/7 Wall St. Wire: Several of the largest retailers in the country, including Wal-Mart…
Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT) reported second-quarter earnings per share (EPS) of $1.12 and $16.78 billion in revenues before markets opened…
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